Offshore drilling platforms extend the search for oil to the ocean's continental shelves—those gently sloping submarine regions at the edges of the continents.

海底钻井平台将寻找石油的区域延伸到了海洋大陆架——大陆边缘那些平缓倾斜的海底区域。

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There is now a shortage of geologists who can help with the search for oil.

现在能帮助找到原油的地质学家很短缺。

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And the search for oil has done more to improve deep drilling than any other mining activity.

寻找石油比其他任何采矿业对改进深孔钻作的贡献都要大。

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Three times a day,crews take off from the Coast Guard station in Clearwater to search for oil.

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Even amid a global search for oil alternatives, it's hard to justify GSE's trailing earnings multiple of 160.

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The search for oil has inflamed tension over the disputed islands ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

BBC: Falkland Islands oil dispute: UK hits back at Argentina

Her government stepped up its campaign to gain sovereignty over the territory in 2010 after Britain started to search for oil in Falklands waters.

BBC: Argentina condemns Prince William Falklands posting